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Victoria’s deadliest aged care coronavirus outbreaks faced poor infection control and ‘severely depleted staff’, review finds
Frontline workers hired to fill staffing gaps at two coronavirus-ravaged nursing homes had little experience in aged care and spoke just basic English, an independent review finds.
Key points:
- Some 95 per cent of Australia’s coronavirus aged care deaths happened in Victoria
- Challenges in both homes included depleted staff levels and an “over-extended” contact tracing system, the review found
- Recommendations to ensure failings are not repeated include more detailed outbreak management plans
The operators of the Melbourne facilities they stepped into — St Basil’s Home for the Aged and Epping Gardens Aged Care — also had poor infection control, inadequate emergency planning and deficient leadership at the height of the outbreak.
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